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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13
CORRESPONDENCE
LEETowN.

Nights are cool.
Dry, warm days.
Corn is suffering.
Threshers are busy.
Wheat is yielding only moderately
well, and the wheat-buyers are offer
ing prices that are too moderate to
pay the farmer for cost of his crop,
without saying anything about pro-
Nit. With wheat down to 6S cts,
| per bushel, there is not much of a
bonanza in farming, as some seem
ito fondly imagine.
Mr.. Mayberry McKee's family
| have had quite visitation of ma
|laria, nearly the entire family hay
ling had a turn, but we are glad to
know that all are now convalescing.
Mr.. John Lock, living on the
|"Quarter Farm" is suffering from
an attack Of intermittent fever, but
as he has the skillful attention Of
DIR. Buck, we hope to see the "Sear-
gent" out again.
Mrs. Thomas Shaull has been
quite i'll, but is now thought to be
out of danger.
Miss Ellen Homer who has been
i'll for some time, is now very low,
having had two hemorages this week.
Drs Buck and Byirgton are her
medical attendants, and we hope
she may yet recover.
Leetown Lodge, No. At, |. O. G.
T., has the following officers for
this quarter: Cecil Baker, G. 7. !;
Mrs. Anna Baker, V. T.. James w.
Strider. Sect. n. Il. Roberts, L..
d. Charles E. Jones, Representa-
tive to Grand Lodge f.
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The President has virtually de-
cided to make short stops ar Colum-
bus and indianapolis on his way to
st. Louis in October.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

The oyster is preparing to grace
the dinner table. The gracing cam
not come TO soon to us.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

STAR showers made Wednesday
and Thursday nights brilliant.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

GREAT sacrifice sale of kid gloves
commencing August 18th, at II. e.
Berry ~ Co.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

GREAT sacrifice sale of kid gloves,
commencing August 18th, at Fl. @.
Berry q Co.
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GREAT sacrifice sale of Cassimeres for
men and boys wear, at II. g. Berry u
Co.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

er be capitalist instead of pauper,
FROM N. M Pomeroy's "Adcance
Thought =
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

THE drouth continues. Every
thing is parched and fading.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

THE crickets sing al. night. A
few more weeks. and their cheerful
tune will be hushed.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

GREAT sacrifice sale Of Cassimeres
for men and boys wear, at Fl, G. Ber-
ry u Co.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

"OuR JoNoTHAN,p the best we ever
saw
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

THE corn is waving, gentle Annie,
Walnuts
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1887-08-13

Applications for the prepayment
of interest on government bonds
to S. ,269,250.
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IMPROVEMENTS on every hand.

Cool nights.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27
HOW 10 PROSPER.
The Glass of Farm ers Who Are Successful
and, in Consequence, Contented.

The Class OF Farm ers Who Are Successful
and, In Consequence, Contented.
The prosperous farmer, like every
other business man, is he who takes
advantages of circumstances to get the
most he honestly can out of what he has
to sell. Not all business men follow
the golden rule to do unto others what
would be desired of them. Not all
farmers do this, yet the golden rule is
best in the long run. WhyP A man 5
probity in dealing not only insllres re-
spect, but enables him to get better
prices than he who does not strictly re-
gard his word.
The man honorable in his dealings
may be man as keen in his bargains
or in getting prices as he who does not
strictly regard his word. He is more
apt to figure closely in personal ex-
penses, while at the same time being
liberal in all things He is apt to feed
closely and at the same time fully. He
saves by attending closely to the COM
fort of his stock. No depreciation is
allowed to take place in buildings and
sheds. His farm machines, wagons and
implements never suffer from undue
contact with the weather. Every thing
has place, and all labor is performed
at the proper time. He does not under
take work out of season, but in season
he drives his work; it never drives him.
He hires only the best help, treats his
workmen courteously, and hence always
gets the best-and keeps it. His work.
men may advise. but never dictate to
him.
When a crop is ready for the market
1t is promptly sold if the price suits. If
not, it is held until the price is satisfac-
tory. A crop, however, or animals,
are not held for speculative prices. He
well knows the cost of holding crop,
and the loss ON animals from feeding,
while holding from the market when
fat
The prosperous farmer is a reading
man. he keeps himself posted on his
business through journals devoted to
his profession. He may not-get rich
suddenly, but he does not fail, except
from some unavoidable disaster. Are
there any Of our readers who have been
the slack way Of doing BUSH
ness' If SO, there is no better time to
turn over new leaf than right now
Farm. Field and Stockn,dn
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27
WHITE BIRCH BARK.
An Outer Covering Which Is Not Indis-
pensable TO the Life of the Tree.

An Outer Covering Which Is Not Indls-
| pensable to the Life of the Tree.
II is well-known that the bark Of the
white or paper, birch has been used by
the Indians of our Northern regions,
where the bark is native to the sill and
climate, for making their boats. The
canoe still familiar to our lakes and
rivers is made of this material. A
naturalist who visited the coast of Lab
rador three or four years ago tells us
that the people of that region use this
bark not only for their boats, but also
for covering to their houses. The re-
suit of this too extravagant use of the
material is that the supply is running
short Trees of size to yield sheets of
the bark large enough for use are be-
coming scarce near the coast and on
the river banks. He accounts for this
disappearance of the trees by referring
to the stripping of the bark as the cause
of their death, and says that as soon as
the bark is taken off the tree dies.
Upon this point the naturalist is a
little at fault. The severity of Labra-
dor winters may make the process
fatal in that country, but it is not nee
essarily SO in warmer climates. This
outer covering is only a waterproof
garment, non-conductor of heat,
worn for the comfort and protection of
the tree, but not Indispensable to its
life. The true bark-all that is con-
cerned with the circulation of the sap
and the growth of the tree--is under
this paper envelope in which the tree is
carefully wrapped After this outer
covering is removed, the birch is in
pretty nearly the same plight ms the
beech. Its true bark is left, but it is
exposed to injury. 1t absorbs water in
the rain, and when this water freezes
during the winter, the delicate vessels
beneath the surface are destroyed, and
the health of the tree suffers. Yet the
writer has known birches to live and
flourish more than twenty-five years
after their covering had been removed
as high up from the ground as man
could reach. Possibly, even in cold
Labrador, the destruction of the birches
is caused by cutting them down to
strip them, an improvident practice
which is not unknown further SOUTH
Youths Companion.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

An observatory is in building at
Sonnblick, in the Tyrolese Alps, ten thou
sand feet above the sea. which will be
the highest of the kind in Europe. The
mountain is relatively easy of access
with mines half way up its slopes, and
wire rope-way in operation leading
up to them. The observatory will be
in telephone communication with the
mines, and thence in telephone COM
munication with whatever spot it may
be desirable to reach.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27
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S400 Lost

mime years ago l was sallvAted and was under the
Doctors care seven years with mercuriAl rheuma-
tsm. Every Winter was confined 10 my bed from
seven TO nine weeks, aud when out OF bed could
hardly walk ltook bottle after bottle of medicine,
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Z. MEAD, So Van Burenst., Brooklyn, MY.
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

$4,000 were spent in eighteen years by
Prof C. A. Donaldson, of Louisville, KY,
in trying to get rid Of rheumatism, but he
found no relief until at last he used St. ia
cobs Oil, which speedily cured him.
Take Red Star Cough Cure for colds. No
opiates. Twenty-hv cents bottle.
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

Mr.. Editor: / was induced by reading
your good paper to try DR.. Harter's Iron
Tonic for debility, liver disorder and scrof-
ula, and three bottles have cured me. Ao-
cept my thanks. Jos. c. Boggs.-EL.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

SICK and bilious headache cured by DR..
Pierce's = Pellets
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PExcIIs are sometimes lead, but the pen
has to be driven.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

WHEN does man impose upon himself
When he taxes his memory.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

A SoRE THROAT OR CoUGH, II suffered TO
progress, often results in an incurable
throat or lung trouble "BroSn's Bronchial
TrocheSn give instant relief. Price 25 cts.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

A PROMISING writer-the giyer of a prom
issory note
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A COMBINATION lock makes a very good
chest protector.-N Y. PicayuHe.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

A coLoRED swell-a black eye,-R~vord
Times. g.
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II afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's EyeWater Druggists sell it 25c
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

A DOSE in Time Saves Nine of Hale's Hon.
ey of Horehound and Tar for coughs.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

OXYGEN CURE. Throat, lung, nervous dis
eases. Book free. DR.. Geppert, Cincinnati
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

A PAIR of patent feathers and an old coat
/ shine in society.- Washington Critic.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27
He ThanIk. HIa Paper,

The beautifully variegated rooster is the
crow mo- Of the barn-yard.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

vESIsoS is two cents pound in Idaho,
and deer at that JEFFERSON City Tribune
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

ALWAYS has a pryor engagement-th'
crowbar.- SVtin9s.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

THE sweets Of married life should never
be kept In family jars. Boston Post.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-01-27

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent small
doses Of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29
WHOLE NO. 2,7S9.
Left Him Out.

In enumerating the distinguished
guests whom Nashville has had the
honor ofentertaining, to wit; Lafay-
cite, Aaron Burr, James Buchanan,
Henry Clay, X. Il. Hayes, Sam j.
Randall, lion. James f. Bayard,
Gen. JAS. Il. Johnston and Mr.. Ban
croft, our friend Of the Dickson
County Press leaves out the name of
the great infallible iceberg statesman
Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio. And
yet it was here that the Hon. John
did that most extraordinary feat of
ground and lofty gushing which
distinguishes him as the champion
gusher on the American continent -
especially when one reads his sub
sequent performances at Springfield,
o., on The other 81 ody shirt side.
Such wonderful "tergiversation, !"
as my old friend Il. II. McGintey
used to call it, certainly stamps
Sherman as the most renowned and
vessatile political acrobat in Amer
lean politics.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29
That Surplus.

The Surplus in the treasury
seems to be giving the Republican
politicians a great deal of trouble
They always like to see surplus in
the treasury, to be ready and handy
to reward the faithful and loyal for
their continued efforts to suppress
the rebellion. None but the loyal de-
serve the surplus. They would, il
unrestrained, march to the tune OF
"old John Browns body is moulder-
ing in the grave" in solid phalanx, a
hundred thousand strong, upon the
surplus in the treasury. What are
the people for anyhow but to be taxed
and have the screws applied to them
to furnish big surplus in the treasury
to be always handy to reward the
faithful? Sdeath That the Rebel
Brigadiers, headed by Cleveland,
should have the impudlence to ques-
tion loyal mans right to run his
hand into the treasury and help him
self to the surplus! 1t is to bad.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29
Origin Of tho Exprossion aDeadheaa.Y .


"Just mark that I'D. H. said
General Manager j. w. Schrange OF
the Erie express the other day as I
brought in a package to be sent to
New York. "You see you're u dead
head as a newspaper man and it
won't cost you anything
"That doesn't approximate to dead
beat, | hope?"
"No, not at all. A deadhead is
another kind of an individual. You
know how the term originated. No?
Yov're heard of Mr.. ID. II. Coville,
of Chi ago?'
"Yes; he was mayor of the town
once"
THAT is the man.
"lfe was at one time agent
for the United States E. press Com
pany, and he used to receive a great
number of personal packages which
were of course, free. Well, he got so
many that the clerks got tired OF
writing on them, ID. III. Coville,
free, and they would just chalk
down, ID. II. Everybody around
the office knew that that meant it
was Mr.. ID. III. CoviIle, and that moth
ing was to be charged.
FINALLY all free package came to
be marked ID H., and at last some
smart chap translated the letters as
standing for deadhead.'
4" 1t is very expressive term, too,
isn't it?'-Cincinaai Tmes-Star.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29
Ladies'.

In delicate health needing a gentle
yet effective laxative will find the
California liquid fruit remedy,
Syrup of Figs, pleasing to the taste,
acceptable to the stomach, and per-
fectly safe in all cases. 1t is the
most easily taken and pleasantly
effective remedy known to cure and
prevent costiveness, to dispel head
aches, colds and fever, and strengthen
the kidneys, liver and bowels, and
is therefore a favorite remedy with
ladies. For sale i'm so cents and
$l.00 bottles by druggists. octSlm
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29
Coercion a Failure,

All hands concede that the attempt
to enforce the proclamation suppress
ing the National League has proved
a miserable abortion. The people
of Ireland have many friends in
England who are backing their re-
sistance to the attempt to suppress
free speech and political discussion
of the measures of government. The
fact of the ease is that there is moth
ing of a reasonable character IN the
organization of the National League.
They are banded together to secure
by peaceable and legal agitation an
amelioration of the miserable condi-
ton of the Irish tenantry, and oppo-
sition to the present rotten and rap
idly disintegrating administration is
not opposition to the government of
England, but is prompted by a
desire for a change of measures more
favorable to the home rule of Ireland.
Only this and nothing more.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29

Are those whom a confirmed ten
dency to biliousuess, subject to the
various and changeful symptoms
indicative of liver complaint. Nam
sea, sick headache, constipation,
furred tongue, an unpleasant breath,
dull or sharp pain in the neighbor-
hood of the affected organ, impurity
of the blood and loss of appetite,
signalize it as one of the most dis
tressing, as it is one Of the most
common, of maladies. There is,
however, benign specific for the
disease and all its unpleasant man
ifestations. 1t is the concurrent
testimony Of the public and the
medical profession, that Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is a medicine which
achieves results speedily felt,
thorough and benign. Besides recti-
flying liver disorder, it invigorates
the feeble, conquers kidney and
bladder complaints, and hastens the
convalescence of those recovering
from enfeebling diseases. Moreover,
it is the grand specific for fever and
ague. octS-lm
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29
Gen. Villas Gained.


Among the pleasant incidents at
tending the reception was the pre-
sentation, by the Phi Delta Theta
students of Vanderbilt University, OF
a handsome gold headed hickory
cane cut at the Hermitage, the home
of Gen. Andrew Jackson, to Post
master Gen. Villas, who is a promi-
nent member of the order. 1t bears
the inscription: presented to Hon
w. F. Villas by Tennessee Alpha Of
Phi Delta Theta, Active and Alum.
nj, October 16, 1887" The presenta
tion was accompanied by an appro
pirate speech by Mr.. Robert f. Jack
son, and was responded to by Gen
Villas in his handsomest vein, thank
ing the Phi Delta Theta for the un,
expected honor conferred upon him
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29
The shakespeare Monument.

Nj. Geo. w. Childs, of Philadel-
phia, has done a very graceful thing
in presenting to the inhabitants of
Stratford upon Avon, handsomeand
costly monumental fountain COM
memorative Of the genius and char
acter of the great Shakespeare. 1t was
placed upon its pedestal on Monday
Oct. II, amid the most enthusias-
tic demonstrations from large con-
course of people living near the home
of the great bard of Avon. Yet, ac-
cording to Mr.. Ignacious Donelly
this was all misplaced, and Lord Ba-
con was the au uhor of Shakespeare
Mr.. Donelly be d-erned.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29
The cloven Foot Shown.

The Grand Army OF the Republic
has turned definitely and finally into
a Grand Army Of Republicans, and
into a political body, by electing
Republican officers as such. Our
friend Tom Neal, of the State Gazette,
very pointedly and pertinently asks :
"What would be said of the Masons
and other non-political organiza-
tions if such a thing were at
tempted?" A question which we
opine no member of the Grand Army
OF the Republic will have the temerity
to attempt to answer, while at the
same time, holding that the G.. A. of
the r. is not now a political organ
ization.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29

If citizen were to invite another
citizen to a soirce at his house and
then fail to meet him at the door,
ignore his presence during the entire
entertainment, and there could, and
would, be but one common opinion
that his behavior was exceedingly
ill-bred. And yet this Is precisely
the treatment which was extended to
the governors of Tennessee and
South Carolina during President
Cleveland's visit to the Atlanta Ex-
position. What makes this conduct
still more inexcusably, outrageous Is
the fact that Gov. Gordon at the
Tennessee Exposition was treated
with marked and distinguished
courtesy. To say that this neglect of
the Governors of two important
States, pressingly invited to be
present as they were, was uninten-
tional on the part of the Atlanta
officials, is equivalent to saying that
the Atlanta officials has not the
most distant conception Of common
politeness, and of the ordinary cour-
tesies of civilized life.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29

Charles G.. Franklyn, Che will per-
sist in spelling it with w President
OF the Horn Silver Mining Company,
has been escorted to the Ludlow
street Jail in New York, charged
with appropriating the tritiing sum
of $60O,OO0, of the company's money.
Trouble, fashionable wife. He
started for Canada but failed to get
there Eli-to reach that Eldorado of
tar fingared American bank officers,
where no spectre Of extradition ever
comes, and fell into the hands Of a
relentless cop.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29
A ssift for All.

in order to give all chance to test
it, and thus be convinced Of its wonder
fnl curative powers, pr. Kings New
Discovery for Consunl ti'n, Coughs
and Colds, WILDE, for y limited time
given away. This ollir is not only lib
eraI, but shows umbaunded faith in The
merits Of Ibis great remedy. All who
suffer from Coughs Culds, Consump-
ton Asthma. Bronchitis, Or my allcc-
ton nf Threat, Chest, or L nga, are
especially r, quested TO call Ut owen 4
Moore sdrug store, and get trial bot
tie Tree. large bott es 81.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-10-29

We have been kindley favored
with sundry voluntary contributions
of good advice as to how this paper
ought to be managed during the
past week. Doubtless some of the
suggestions were first-class, but we
were always, when young, very
perverse about taking advice, and
as we grow older aud have more
experience, we have not seen any
reason to change cur course. We
never take advice. We never could
do any thing in any other way but
our own.